Term 3

Place of Words Process Book Workshops Communicating in Colour There's an App for That

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Final Group Crit

Week 8

Small text adjustments

Change all pull quotes to light blue

I think it looks even better with these small changes. Printed out and cut down, makes it seem even more like a real magazine and professional. I love what I have made this term, and didn't think I would at one point, like anything I made.

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Unit Evaluation

Week 7

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Final Magazine Printed out and ready for submission

Week 7

I printed it out for the final submission and to double check it all works. I think it has come together really well, considering the obstacles this term. Each page links to the next, in a cohesive way, suitable for a magazine. Overall I am really happy with it, and just really happy I have an outcome that works!

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Printing and Binding my Process Book

Week 7

Binding the process book was actually kind of long as I had different types of paper and sizes in the book. There wasn't enough orange/yellow card for the inside pages and it would be too thick for the pages. There also wasn't any orange card like the shade I wanted. The acetate project pages worked really well, and so did the smaller pages, they just had to be cut down before binding.

Overall, I think it turned out pretty well. I love how I have different types of paper and size in the book, it makes it more interesting and interactive even. The bright yellow cover looks simple but effective, I don't think it needed much as the illustration says everything about creative processes in general.

There are a couple things that are annoying, mainly with page numbers, one page doesn't have on and the page numbers on the project pages aren't on the right side. Aside from that, I think I quite like it.

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Russell Cotes Museum

Week 6

I visited the Russell-Cotes Museum in my spare time and came across a lot that related to my project. The Painting below is about sirens which as it says: portrayed by Greek art as heads of women and bodies of birds. I found that kind of interesting. There were also a lot of female statues, most statues were actually quite small but I still felt like they related to my theme. Lastly, the glass ceiling had zodiac imagery on which is really cool, as they are showing the constellation through the sky light.

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Research Presentation from this term

Week 1-7

Link to it below:

Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software – Canva

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Last Minute changes to Process Book

Week 7

Now that I have all my work, I can fully add everything in. I also forget some things, like the colour theory workshop and bibliography etc. Now all I need to do is print and bind. I like the process book, it truly reflects how I worked, and my ideas behind everything. It is really cool to see my process visually in one document/book.

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Process Book

Week 7

I put all my final outcomes in, including any text I missed, my contents with page numbers, my page before the contents and final magazine mock ups. I really like my process book, I just need to make more changes and switch some pages around and then it is done.

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Magazine Mock ups

Week 7

Now I have finished the magazine, I put it into issuu so that I can flip through it, and used Graphic Burger to make mock ups of it. I love how it turned out, especially having multiple brain blocks and trying so many layouts that I was not happy with. It all works perfectly and looks like one magazine article instead of each page not really matching up with the other.

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Magazine 4

Week 7

After printing out the magazine, I realised that it needed to be more simplified to show the images, instead of taking away from them and the article. I had a lot of trouble with the second spread, so I re designed it completely, adding in a photo with all of the instax. I love this photo, it shows them off so well, with the lighting and textures, you can see they are transparent. I also like that the only other thing with it is a quote, in a matching colour. With all the spreads the imagery is on the same side, I did this on purpose so that it is easy to follow the article.

Lastly, I changed around the last page so that it fit everything in perfectly.

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Test Printing Process Book

Week 7

I test printed my process book, and went through it and annotated anything that I thought needed changing. I then went through each page on InDesign and made the changes. It was so useful doing it as it was like a checklist for everything that needed to be done still.

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Test Printing magazine after edits

Week 7

I printed out my magazine after all the feedback edits, and then got Ellie to peer review it. I agreed with the fact you can't see the patterns and images properly with the dark blue.

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Magazine 3

Week 7

After my tutorial I tried out adding in more colour, the issue I had is that, although I had removed the background on Photoshop it still showed up on InDesign. It looks okay, but I don't know if it is too much. I already have a pattern going on, and I don't want it to take too much from the actual article. I really like my third spread which has the bigger image and text. It really shows the photos properly and their texture. I will print it of and see how it looks.

The feedback I was to change the sub-headings, to make them bolder and bigger and to change the paragraph spacing, so that it is indents instead of spaces.

I also added the dark blue to my front cover but had to make the photo 'multiply' on the effects panel. It doesn't show up too well though. Also, I put in the barcode and price to make it more authentic.

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Feedback from tutorial

Week 7

Make indents instead of spacing

Try a dark blue background

Bigger images

Bigger and bolder sub-headings

rotate and cut out some of pull quote

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Test Printing Magazine

Week 7

I printed this out and made annotations to what needed to be changed, it helped to see small errors I otherwise wouldn't. How it looked on the computer wasn't exact to how it looked printed out, so I am glad I did this.

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Process Book 4

Week 7

I now need to finish my magazine, as that is really the last thing I need to put in. I also need to put in the final postcards and write about them. It is so nearly done, I have been thinking about paper and I think for the project paper I will do it on acetate, the small pages on the same orange as the cover (if I can) and the rest on normal paper - I think it is 120gsm glossy for the process book.

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Process Book 3

Week 7

Continuing on from the previous post...